Ken Paxton Accused of Voting From an Address He No Longer Lives At While Vowing to Jail Others for the Same Offence

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton built his political brand on prosecuting voter fraud. Now, an investigation says he may have voted in recent elections using an address where he no longer lives. (Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Trump-backed Senate hopeful who built a career hunting voter fraud, may have committed the very residency offence he has threatened to prosecute others over.

Paxton appears to have voted in six elections over the past two years using a Collin County address where he no longer lives, according to an investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune published on 7 July 2026. The apparent discrepancy includes May's Republican runoff, the contest that made him his party's nominee for the United States Senate.